In the grateful dead's "box of rain" song, what do you think the box of rain may be referring to?
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i believe the "box of rain" may be referring to his heart. It s there if you need it, leave it if you dare. if you think about it the song is pretty sad. If his heart is a box of rain then it must be hurting.
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The song was written by Phl Lesh (music) and Bob Hunter (lyrics) when Phil's father was dying of cancer. What do you want me to do ? To do for you to see you through is Phil asking his father what he needs of course. A box of Rain I would think would refer Literally to a box of tissues. But obviously it means much more than that in a Metaphoric sense.
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Sorry I found your answer. Robert Hunter himself says the following; From a letter from Robert Hunter: well, I don't like to do this, since it encourages others to ask about what I had in mind when I wrote a song, and mostly you'd need to have my mind to understand even approximately what I had in it. By "box of rain," I meant the world we live on, but "ball" of rain didn't have the right ring to my ear, so box it became, and I don't know who put it there. Source: The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics http://arts.ucsc.edu/Gdead/AGDL/ - Jeff, wyckoff, NJ So therefore it's the Earth..the World.
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